vs2011 Monochromatic icons, where’s the color?
I think everyone who uses Visual Studio can agree that Microsoft has packed an amazing amount of functionality into one tool. One thing that makes that possible is the ability to quickly get to all...
View ArticleTrends in HTML5 open web and mobile development
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View ArticleEver wondered what the Object Explorer Details window is for?
Typically, when I install SQL Server Management Studio and run it for the first time, the first thing I do is to close the Object Explorer Details window. After all, it doesn’t seem to serve a useful...
View ArticleSet DispatchRuntime.AutomaticInputSessionShutdown to false "WCF Exception"
Hello everyone, Been a while since my last post. I've had a weird exception that causes the WCF service proxy not to respond after a certain time (10 mins I guess), so thanks to this post I figured out...
View ArticleWPF Themes
Hello, I was developing the past days a WPF application and I've always dreamed about starting to learn how to create a wonderful looking application with animations and colors that may one day make it...
View ArticleWPF Notify Icon
Ever wondered how you can create a notify icon that is displayed in task bar and can popup some notifications in your WPF application ? If you do, here's an excellent project that can help you get your...
View ArticlePreventing faulty callbacks to ruin your WCF service
Hello, I had a problem in one of the tasks, that is when using callbacks with WCF service sometimes the callback faults and causes your service to hang or timeout the request. The solution to this was...
View ArticleCSS Hassle for different browsers
Even been into the hassle of an HTML table displaying differently on different browsers ? of course every UI developer have been into it. I've found a very interesting solution to this problem. Suppose...
View ArticleOne way to have Telerik RadGridView control show blank value for a null value...
For whatever reason of which the Fates may only know, we experienced a difference in pulling data manually as a list of objects than we did in pulling a list of objects from an entity framework. The...
View ArticleQuestion to ponder
Instead of using MeadCo ScriptX, which using ActiveX technology, is there a way to control client side printing without having to pop up the dialog box and hope the user keeps the correct settings to...
View ArticleSpace Probes to Jupiter
Space.Com have published an interesting info-graphic on space probes to Jupiter. Whilst mainly about the new probe, Juno, now on route to Jupiter, it does list all the space probes that have flown by...
View ArticleDatabase continuous integration step by step
This post will describe how to set up basic database continuous integration using TeamCity to initiate the build process, SQL Source Control to put your database under source control, and the SQL...
View ArticleICommand issue in Windows 8: Correction!
Well I'll be… I stand corrected! I recently published a blog post stating that you need to declare a command as ICommand (instead of RelayCommand) if you want it to work in Windows 8. I even went as...
View ArticleBizTalk Anti Pattern – Don’t over complicate your maps
Name: Don't over complicate your map Description: I was recently looking at a BizTalk map which had a bug in it and one of the things that I notices was that the developer had strung together a...
View ArticleSharePoint 2010: How to insert multiple person/group field contents into CC...
Issue: You want to be able to pull the values contained in a multiple person/group field in a SharePoint list into a workflow, and insert them into the CC portion of the send email workflow action. A...
View ArticleWhen Nuget adds bindingRedirect elements to the app.config for assemblies
If you see Nuget adding bindingRedirect to your app.config , when doing updates to existing assemblies, and if you feel this was not what you expected then read on. Here is an example of a...
View ArticleLog JavaScript errors to the server.
Some time ago I found debugging - Automatic feedback on JavaScript error - Stack Overflow. and the discussion has links to Logging JavaScript Errors To ASP.NET(Unfortunately the link to download in...
View ArticleAPress deal of the day - 25/Apr/2012 - Beginning ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010
Today's $10\Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/9781430226116 is Beginning ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010"The most up-to-date and comprehensive introductory ASP.NET book you'll find on any...
View ArticleSask 3.0 Summit–Day 1 Recap
I’m only done Day 1 of Sask 3.0 Summit and I’m already exhausted – but at the same time exhilarated; the sessions today and the information shared was of huge value. While the conversation will...
View ArticleAll-In-One Code Framework
Microsoft have released an updated all in one set of code samples at http://1code.codeplex.com/ The Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework is a free, centralized code sample library driven by developers'...
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